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Applying an ellipsis to multiline text [duplicate]

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ellipsis

Is there a solution to add ellipsis on last line inside a div with a fluid height (20%)?

I found the -webkit-line-clamp function in CSS, but in my case the line number will be depending on window size.

p {
    width:100%;
    height:20%;
    background:red;
    position:absolute;
}
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I have this JSFiddle to illustrate the issue. https://jsfiddle.net/96knodm6/

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Bruno Landowski Avatar asked Oct 02 '22 23:10

Bruno Landowski


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1 Answers

Increase the -webkit-line-clamp: 4; to increase the number of lines:

p {
    display: -webkit-box;
    max-width: 200px;
    -webkit-line-clamp: 4;
    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
    overflow: hidden;
}
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Line clamp is a proprietary and undocumented CSS (webkit) : https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-line-clamp, so it currently works on only a few browsers.

Removed duplicated 'display' property + removed unnecessary 'text-overflow: ellipsis'.

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Jobincs Avatar answered Oct 21 '22 11:10

Jobincs